Aviation

SpiceJet introduces Riyadh as its 10th international destination

SpiceJet has launched eight new non-stop international flights from Mumbai and Delhi. The airline is the first Indian LCC to connect Mumbai with Riyadh and Dhaka and Delhi with Dhaka and Jeddah. Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, earmarks SpiceJet’s 10th international destination and the fourth station in the Middle Eastern market. The flights to Dhaka and Jeddah are effective from the last week of July while the flight to Riyadh will commence on August 15, 2019.

SpiceJet will service Mumbai-Riyadh-Mumbai, Mumbai-Dhaka-Mumbai, Delhi-Dhaka-Delhi and Delhi-Jeddah-Delhi with daily non-stop flights. The airline will deploy its 168-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft on all the routes.

“We are delighted to add Riyadh as our tenth international destination and add more flights to Jeddah and Dhaka thus providing our passengers with multiple flight options. SpiceJet is the only Indian budget airline to operate to Saudi Arabia and our new flights to Riyadh and Jeddah should greatly benefit the thousands of pilgrims traveling from India,” said Ajay Singh, Chairman and MD, SpiceJet.

SpiceJet is celebrating the launch by announcing introductory all inclusive promotional fare starting at Rs 14227/- on Mumbai-Riyadh, Rs 12263/- on Riyadh-Mumbai, Rs 10677/- on Mumbai-Dhaka, Rs 10732/- on Dhaka-Mumbai, Rs 9276/- on Delhi-Dhaka, Rs 10432/- on Dhaka-Delhi, Rs 16290/- on Delhi-Jeddah and Rs 15263/- on Jeddah-Delhi routes.